Spain Travel

Across the Pond

Cordoba, Spain. Roman bridge (from Wikipedia)

“I’m pretty much definitely probably going to go.”  That’s how this started a few months ago.  It went from “someday” to “maybe” to “definitely probably”, which isn’t exactly an “I’m absolutely going”…but it’s turning out that way.

Right now I’m entirely focused on getting to southern Spain and a small part of that, I think, has to do with the fact that we’ve recently had what’s known as ‘polar vortex’ weather turn the Midwest into the Arctic Circle.  That’s what it felt like to me, anyway.  I’m ready to head to warmer climates!

My passport is practically begging for stamps and I’d really like to oblige it with an adventure of a lifetime.  I thought it would help keep me inspired if I wrote about my journey to Spain and maybe help someone out if they, too, are wishing to make it (whimsically) ‘across the pond’.

The first step is deciding where to go – southern Spain is rather vague, after all.  Certainly, just wanting to travel is a start, but one must have a destination in mind to make travel a reality instead of a code word for escape.

I decided I would like to fly into Madrid because it is centrally located and has the cheapest flights from my location.  It’s the capital city of Spain and it would be nice to see it for a couple of days.  I realize it would take more time than that to really see it (yes, I did just split an infinitive; shame on me), but I’ll take what I can get.  I’ve listed the next cities I would love to see while in Spain.  Am I missing any that I should add to the ‘Must See’ list?

• Córdoba
• Sevilla
• Jerez de la Frontera
• Rota
• Cádiz
• Granada
• Málaga?

In the next few months, I’ll probably have to cut some of that since I’ll probably only be able to spend about two weeks.  It stuns me to think that in the time it takes for a baby to be fully formed in the womb, I will be walking the cobbled streets of various cities in southern Spain (sans baby).   Wish me luck!

P.S.  I’m learning Spanish little by little so here’s a phrase for the day: Suena bien!  Which, being translated, means ‘Sounds good!’